Blottse



L. SCHWARTZ AND H. ZASLAWSKY.

BLOUSE.

- APPLICATION FILED mm. 1919.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

INVENTORS A TTOfl/VEY THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co, WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS SCHWARTZ AND HARRY ZASLAWSKY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BLOUSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LOUIS SCHWARTZ and HARRY ZAsLAwsKY, citizens of theUnited States, both residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county ofKings, city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Blouseof which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a blouse for school childrenwhich shall afford secure, convenient and concealed means for carryingessential articles of school equipment, such as a note-book, pencils andhandkerchief, and which shall be of good appearance. The blouse has afront panel, the lower part of which is a deep and wide pocket, whilethe upper part has a flap continuing from the front wall of the pocketand adapted to be either fastened up or let down, in the lattercondition exposing small pockets on its inner side as Well as affordingaccess to the main pocket. Other features of the invention will becomeapparent.

In the drawings forming a part hereof:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the blouse, with the sleeves brokenaway, showing the flap fastened up;

Fig. 2 is a similar view, with the upper part of the garment broken awayfor economy of space, showing the flap let down and Fig. 3 is a verticalsection on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, the thickness of the layers beingexaggerated because of the necessities of illustration.

The blouse of the drawing is of the middy type, and-may be made as usualwith the exception of the broad front panel or section 1. The lower partof this panel, as stated, is a deep and wide pocket 2, which ispermanently closed at the sides and bottom and has its entrance at thetop, the pocket being particularly designed to 'hold a note-book 3.

The front or outer wall 4 of the pocket is extended to form a flap 5,substantially the width of the pocket, this extension of the pocket wallbeing free either to extend straight up over the chest as in Figs. 1 and3, or to fold down as in Fig. 2. In the former condition it is held by apair of buttons 6 on the upper part of the main wall 7 of the panel,which cooperates with button-holes 8 in the cornersof the flap. Thepoints at which the free side 901710 at this patent may be obtained forfive cents each, by radiance the edges of the flap commence are at suchheight as to permit the flap to fold down over a belt 9, forming a partof the blouse without disturbing the same.

On the inner side of the flap are a number of small pockets which areexposed when the flap is folded down. Preferably these comprise a pairof narrow pencil pockets l0 and a pocket 11 between them adapted toreceive a handkerchief. These pockets, it is to be noted, have theiropenings at the bottom and their tops permanently closed, in thebuttoned-up condition of Figs. 1 and 3, that is to say the normalcondition. Consequently the articles contained therein cannot fall outupon the ground when the child Stoops over, and if they escape at allthey will be caught in the main pocket 2. Friction and pressure tend tohold them against such displacement, and the contents of the main pocketwill act as an obstruction. When the flap hangs down, on the contrary,the bottoms of the pockets 10, 11 are closed, and their tops are open.In this condition both these pockets and the main pocket are readilyaccessible, and when the gap is fastened up the contents of all thepockets are safeguarded. The button-holes 8 extend through and arereinforced by the pencil pocket-s 10.

What weclaim as new is:

1. A schol'ars companion blouse having a front panel, the lower part ofwhich is a deep and wide pocket, while the upper part has a flapnormally extending upward from the front wall of said pocket, of whichit forms a continuation, and adapted to be let down to afford access tosaid pocket, and means for buttoning the flap up toward the neck of theblouse.

2. A scholars companion blouse having a front panel, the lower part ofwhich is a deep and wide pocket, while the upper part has a flapnormally extending upward from the front wall of said pocket, of whichit forms a continuation, small pockets upon the inner side of the flap,said flap being adapted to be let down to expose the small pockets andto afford access to the large pocket, and means for butt-oning the flapup toward the neck of the blouse.

LOUIS SCHWARTZ. HARRY ZASLAWSKY.

"commissioner o! Eaton,

Washington, D. 0)

